A haploid affair: Core histone transitions during spermatogenesis

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-140

  Lewis, John D ^a   Abbott, D Wade ^a   Ausió, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatin structure; Histone modifications; Histone variants; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PHOSPHORYLATIONS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE;

DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2B; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H3.3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPLOIDY; DYNAMICS; GAMETE; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; HAPLOIDY; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; UBIQUITINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042232734     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o03-045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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